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Scientists just voted to redefine how the world keeps time
(www.scientificamerican.com)
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this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2026
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Astronomy has gotten way too easy since we accepted elliptical orbits. Let's kludge it the fuck up again.
Astronomy works great. It's the world's software that can't handle 61 seconds in a minute and keeps crashing every time there's a correction.
Piece wise Weirstrauss function orbits?
It will make your differential equation based orbit solvers more fun!